• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2008

TREK (TWIK-RElated $K^+$ channels) and TRAAK (TWIK-Related Arachidonic acid Activated $K^+$ channels) were expressed in COS-7 cells, and the channel activities were recorded from inside-out membrane patches using holding potential of - 40 mV in symmetrical 150 mM $K^+$ solution. Intracellular application of an oxidizing agent, 5,5'-dithio-bis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB), markedly decreased the activity of the TREK2, and the activity was partially reversed by the reducing agent, dithiothreitol (DTT). In order to examine the possibility that the target sites for the oxidizing agents might be located in the C-terminus of TREK2, two chimeras were constructed: TREK2 (1-383)/TASK3C and TREK2 (1-353)/TASK3C. The channel activity in the TREK2 (1-383)/TASK3C chimera was still inhibited by DTNB, but not in the TREK2 (1-353)/TASK3C chimera. These results indicate that TREK2 is inhibited by oxidation, and that the target site for oxidation is located between the amino acid residues 353 and 383 in the C-terminus of the TREK2 protein.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.277-282
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• 1997

아라비돕시스 탈리아나의 아세토락테이트 합성 효소 (ALS)를 그 유전자를 포함하고 있는 대장균 MF 2000/pTATX로부터 부분 정제하였다. 부분 정제된 이 효소를 가지고 여러 가지 변형 화학물질들 즉, 요오드아세트산, 요오드아세타마이드, N-에틸말레이미드 (NEM), 5,5'-디티오비스(2-니트로벤조산) (DTNB), 파라염화수은벤조산 (PCMB), 그리고 페닐글리옥살 등에 대한 민감성을 조사하였다. PCMB가 가장 민감하게 저해를 했으며, DTNB와 NEM이 그 뒤를 따랐다. 이 효소의 기질인 피루브산이 요오드아세트산에 의한 활성 저해를 보호하지 못하였으므로 기질의 결합에 시스테인의 관련이 없는 것 같이 보인다. 한편, 기질이 페닐글리옥살에 의한 효소의 활성 저해를 부분적으로 보호하는 것으로 보아 기질이 아르기닌기와 상호 작용함을 암시하고 있다. 부분 정제된 효소는 발린과 이소루신에 민감하게 방해를 받았으나 루신은 그렇지 않았다. 그러나, PCMB로 변형시킨 효소는 되먹임 방해를 더 강하게 받았다. 그 외 ALS에 대한 새로운 제초제 후보인 피리미디설퍼 벤조산 유도체의 저해 효과를 검토하였다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2006

포스포리파아제 D(PLD)의 8개의 시스테인 잔기들의 특성을 파악하기 위해 설프히드릴(SH)기와 반응하는 각종 화학물질들을 동원하였다. 5,5-다이티오비스(2-니트로벤조산) (DTNB)는 시스테인 잔기의 SH기를 적정하기 위해 이용하였으며, 412nm에서의 환원된 DTNB의 값으로부터 자연 상태의 PLD는 1몰 당 4개의 SH기가 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 8 M의 요소 등으로 3차원 구조를 교란 시킨 변성된 PLD는 8개의 SH기가 적정되었다. 이 결과로 시스테인 잔기의 반(4개)은 외부에 노출되어 있고 그 나머지 반은 내부에 가려져 있다고 추정할 수 있다. SH기 변형 시약인 p-클로로머큐리벤조산(PCMB), 요오드아세트산, 요오드아세트아미드, 그리고 N-에칠마레이미드 등은 모두 PLD를 비활성화 시켰다. 이들 중 다이티오스라이톨(DTT)로 처리했을 때 유일하게 PCMB에 의해 비활성화 된 PLD는 가역적으로 그 활성이 회복되었다. 다양한 작용기를 갖는 다이설파이드들을 이용한 노출된 SH기의 주위 환경을 검토한 결과 음전하나 전하를 띄지 않은 다이설파이드들이 양전하를 띈 시스타민 보다 더 효과적으로 PLD를 비활성화 시키는 것으로 나타났다. 그 이외 시스테인 잔기의 산화-환원 전환이 PLD 활성에 미치는 영향을 과산화수소를 이용하여 검토하였다. 과산화수소 산화에 의해 70% 이상 잃은 PLD 활성은 대부분 DTT에 의해 복원되었다. 이들 결과로부터 양배추 PLD의 시스테인 잔기들이 모두 SH기로 존재한다는 것을 반응을 통해 확인 할 수 있었으며, 또한 외부에 노출된 4개의SH기는 PLD 활성 조절에 지대한 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1406-1411
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• 2012

5,5'-Dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) was selected as an electron transfer mediator and was covalently immobilized onto high porosity carbon cloth to employ as a working electrode in an electrochemical $NAD^+$-regeneration process, which was coupled to an enzymatic reaction. The voltammetric behavior of DTNB attached to carbon cloth resembled that of DTNB in buffered aqueous solution, and the electrocatalytic anodic current grew continuously upon addition of NADH at different concentrations, indicating that DTNB is immobilized to carbon cloth effectively and the immobilized DTNB is active as a soluble one. The bioelectrocatalytic $NAD^+$ regeneration was coupled to the conversion of L-glutamate into ${\alpha}$-ketoglutarate by L-glutamate dehydrogenase within the same microreactor. The conversion at 3 mM monosodium glutamate was very rapid, up to 12 h, to result in 90%, and then slow up to 24 h, showing 94%, followed by slight decrease. Low conversion was shown when substrate concentration exceeding 4 mM was tested, suggesting that L-glutamate dehydrogenase is inhibited by ${\alpha}$-ketoglutarate. However, our electrochemical $NAD^+$ regeneration procedure looks advantageous over the enzymatic procedure using NADH oxidase, from the viewpoint of reaction time to completion.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.483-489
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• 1998

효모의 전체 게놈서열에서 확인된 새로운 티오레독신(Trx3)과 이미 효모에서 티오레독신으로서의 기능이 보고된 Trx1, 2 및 TR을 대장균에 발현시켜 정제후 활성을 비교, 조사하였다. Trx1, 2 및 TR은 대부분 수용성 분획에 발현되었으며, 이로부터 정제한 단백질의 분자량은 보고된 분자량과 일치하였다. Trx3는 수용성 분획과 침전 분획 모두에서 발현되었으며, 수용성 분획으로부터 정제한 Trx3의 분자량은 14 kDa이었고, 침전 분획의 Trx3는 18 kDa였다. 수용성 분획으로부터 정제한 Trx3의 아미노말단의 아미노산 서열은 FQSSYTS로 분석되었으며 이는 보고된 Trx3의 20번에서 26번의 아미노산에 해당하였다. NADPH, 티오레독신 환원효소와 함께 Trx3는 인슐린과 DTNB의 disulfide 결합을 환원시켰다. Trx3는 디티오트레이톨을 포함하는 금속촉매산화계에 의한 효소 불활성화를 억제하는 TPx1의 항산화효과를 증가시켰으며, TPx1의 항산화활성을 증가시키는 Trx3의 활성은 Trx1 또는 2의 10% 수준이었다. 또한 Trx3는 TPx1의 disulfide를 thiol로 환원시켜 TPx가 티오레독신 의존성 과산화물 분해활성을 갖도록 하였다. Western blotting실험 결과, Trx3에 대한 항체는 효모 조추출물과 정제된 Trx1 및 Trx2와는 교차반응 하지 않았다. 그러나, 효모 CDNA 유전자 은행을 template로 한 PCR 실험 에서는 Trx3를 암호화하는 유전자가 증폭되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.149-153
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• 2003

The dibucaine number (DN) was determined for serum cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8, SChE) in plasma samples. The ones with a DN of 79-82 were used, because they had the "usual" SChE variant. The enzyme was assayed colorimetrically by the reaction of 5,5'-dithiobis-[2-nitrobenzoic acid] (DTNB) with the free sulfhydryl groups of thiocholine that were produced by the enzyme reaction with butrylthiocholine (BuTch) or acetylthiocholine (AcTch) substrates, and measured at 412 nm. Dibucaine, a quaternary ammonium compound, inhibited SChE to a minimum within 2 min in a reversible manner. The inhibition was very potent. It had an $IC_{50}$ of $5.3\;{\mu}M$ with BuTch or $3.8\;{\mu}M$ with AcTch. The inhibition was competitive with respect to BuTch with a $K_i$ of $1.3\;{\mu}M$ and a linear-mixed type (competitive/noncompetitive) with respect to AcTch with inhibition constants, $K_i$ and $K_I$ of 0.66 and $2.5\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Dibucaine possesses a butoxy side chain that is similar to the butryl group of BuTch and longer by an ethylene group from AcTch. This may account for the difference in inhibition behavior. It may also suggest the existence of an additional binding site, other than the anionic binding site, and of a hydrophobic nature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.899-902
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• 2005

Peptide assimilation by Helicobacter pylori was investigated using L-phenylalanyl-3-thia-phenylalanine (PSP) as a detector peptide; the release of thiophenol upon enzymatic hydrolysis of PSP was spectrophotometrically detected with the aid of 5,5'-dithiobis[2-nitrobenzoic acid] (DTNB). By adding PSP to whole-cell suspension, thiophenol was produced progressively, resembling that found in Esherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus. Interestingly, the rate of thiophenol production by H pylori in particular was markedly reduced when cells were pretreated with trypsin, indicating surface exhibition of peptidase. According to the competitive spectrophotometry using alanyl-peptides, H pylori did not appear to assimilate PSP through the peptide transport system. No discernible PSP assimilation could be ascertained in H pylori cells, unless provided with some additives necessary for peptidase activity, such as $Ni^{2+}\;or\;Mg^{2+}$ and an appropriate concentration of potassium or ammonium salts. These observations strongly suggest that, regardless of a presumptive peptide transport system, peptide assimilation of H. plori appears to be highly dependent upon milieu conditions, due to unique peptidase exhibition on the cell surface.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2003

Cytoplasmic $\alpha$-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from fruit-bat-breast muscle was purified by ion-exchange and affinity chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was approximately 120 units/mg of protein. The apparent molecular weight of the native enzyme, as determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 was $59,500{\pm}650$ daltons; its subunit size was estimated to be $35,700{\pm}140$ by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The true Michaelis-Menten constants for all substrates at pH 7.5 were $3.9{\pm}0.7\;mM$, $0.65{\pm}0.05\;mM$, $0.26{\pm}0.06\;mM$, and $0.005{\pm}0.0004\;mM$ for L-glycerol-3-phosphate, $NAD^+$, DHAP, and NADH, respectively. The true Michaelis-Menten constants at pH 10.0 were $2.30{\pm}0.21\;mM$ and $0.20{\pm}0.01\;mM$ for L-glycerol-3-phosphate and $NAD^+$, respectively. The turnover number, $k_{cat}$, of the forward reaction was $1.9{\pm}0.2{\times}10^4\;s^{-1}$. The treatment of the enzyme with 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) under denaturing conditions indicated that there were a total of eight cysteine residues, while only two of these residues were reactive towards DTNB in the native enzyme. The overall results of the in vitro experiments suggest that $\alpha$-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of the fruit bat preferentially catalyses the reduction of dihydroxyacetone phosphate to glycerol-3-phosphate.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 1980

A detailed procedure was described for the isolation of cratine kinase (ATP-Creatine phosphotransferase, E. C. 2. 7. 3. 2.) from the muscle of the snake Bungarus fasciatus. The original isolation procedure of Kuby et al. for the rabbit muscle enzyme has been modified and extended to include a chromatographic step. The properties of the enzyme have been investigated and kinetic constants for the reverse reactions determined as the followings: 1) A molecular weight of the enzyme was determined by gel filteration on Sephadex G-100 and by electrophoresis on SDS-polyacrylamide was 86,000. 2) Two reactive sulphydryl groups were detected with dithiobis nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB). 3) The nucleotide substrate specificity in the reverse reaction was determined as ADP*2'-dADP＞GDP＞XDP＞UDP with magnesium as the activating metal ion. 4) The order of the metal specificity in the reverse reaction Mg>Mn>$Ca{\sim}Co$ was determined with ADP as substrate. 5) A detailed kinetic analysis was carried out in the reverse direction with $MaADP^-$ as the nucleotide substrate. Initial velocity and product inhibition studies($MaADP^{2-}$ competitive with respect to MgADP- and noncompetitive with respect to $N-phosphorycreatine^{2-}$ ; Creatine competitive with respect to $N-phosphorycreatine^{2-}$ and noncompetitive with respect to Ma $ADP^-)$ indicated that the reaction obeyed a sequential mechanism of the rapid equilibrium random type.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2008

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are toxic agents that may be involved in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies indicate that ROS can act as modulators of neuronal activity, and are critically involved in persistent pain primarily through spinal mechanisms. In the present study, whole cell patch clamp recordings were carried out to investigate the effects of tert-buthyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH), an ROS, on neuronal excitability and the mechanisms underlying changes of membrane excitability. In current clamp condition, application of t-BuOOH caused a reversible membrane depolarization and firing activity in substantia gelatinosa (SG) neurons. When slices were pretreated with phenyl-N-tert-buthylnitrone (PBN) and ascorbate, ROS scavengers, t-BuOOH failed to induce membrane depolarization. However, isoascorbate did not prevent t-BuOOH-induced depolarization, suggesting that the site of ROS action is intracellular. The t-BuOOH-induced depolarization was not blocked by pretreatment with dithiothreitol (DTT), a sulfhydryl-reducing agent. The membrane-impermeant thiol oxidant 5,5-dithiobis 2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) failed to induce membrane depolarization, suggesting that the changes of neuronal excitability by t-BuOOH are not caused by the modification of extrathiol group. The t-BuOOH-induced depolarization was suppressed by the phospholipase C (PLC) blocker U-73122 and inositol triphosphate ($IP_3$) receptor antagonist 2-aminoethoxydiphenylbolate (APB), and after depletion of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ pool by thapsigargin. These data suggest that ROS generated by peripheral nerve injury can induce central sensitization in spinal cord, and t-BuOOH-induced depolarization may be regulated by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ store mainly via $PLC-IP_3$ pathway.